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    "id": 33261,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Speaker",
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    "content": "- Member (Non-lawyer) Hon. Members, you may wish to note that the National Assembly has not to date received three names of nominees of non-citizens who are supposed to be appointed to be members of the Board by the President in consultation with the Prime Minister for approval by the House pursuant to the provisions of Section 9(13) of the Act. In order to progress this matter, I direct that these names and the accompanying curriculum vitaes (CVs) be forwarded to the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) for consideration prior to approval by the House. In the meantime, I am requesting the nominating authorities to urgently forward the remaining three names of nominees to the National Assembly for consideration, bearing in mind that pursuant to Section 7 of the Vetting of Judges and Magistrates Act, the Board cannot be properly constituted unless it comprises all the nine members provided for under that section. It must be noted that in order for the Committee to properly consider the suitability of the nominees proposed against the statutory and constitutional requirements as to appointments to public office, the Committee may require to have the full picture of all the nominees proposed. It must further be noted that the National Assembly has up to Wednesday, 17th August, 2011, to consider and approve or reject the nominees it has received. I accordingly now direct that the CIOC shall deliberate on the nominees received and table its report on or before Wednesday, 17th August, 2011. The House will not, however, proceed on the Motion to approve the names of the nominees presented if the submitted names do not fully constitute the Board as envisaged in Section 7 of the Vetting of Judges and Magistrates Act, 2011."
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